sketches of Nusrat Fateh Ali

I am working on a composition of Late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan...my favourite singer. these are some observational sketches of him. the final piece is work in progress, put it up in while....here are the gestures and postures sketches

WIP of Nusrat Fateh Ali's composition

its the start of the composition and quite messy....i want to show different gestures during singing...left side gestures are almost decided hav to work on the rite side of it.....the green strip will b the glow from ring.....need suggestions regarding composition and fade out values of the gestures.....criticism required!!!

thanks for commenting on my SB. I love that rikshaw painting! the values really help it read well. I like that the interior feels like an actual space and the vehicle feel nicely seated in its environment. Nice whimsical use of color too. keep thinking in terms of simple value to make these images pop. good job, keep it up

thanxx

thank u Bill Main for being the first one commenting on my sketchbook and appreciating.....good to hear ur advice abt color values coz i realy love the way u use ur colors...looking forward for more suggestions

i love that black sheep speed paint, it really made me laugh on your image with the guy in the bear suit his right hand seems a bit long & the girl's hips seem a bit low so it's making her legs seem short. hope that helps i like the attitude you give your characters

Looking good! If you do decide to blend the sky in, be careful with your paint strokes...be sure they are following a natural flow. For example, looking above the guy on the left. Follow way above his head to the where the clouds are forming a peak. Here you can see the paint flowing up them over and down. This flattens the cloud a bit. If the same space was made of up horizontal strokes or a series of smaller curved strokes it give more depth. Great mood - keep it up.

looks good, i think there's a lack of clouds on the upper left & right though, on the left there's plenty clouds right above the house but the space above those is a bit empty, or maybe they just need a bit more rendering

hey thanx Morgado 4 suggesting the color variation.....actually the clouds arent supposed to b something i used a real reference to draw this peice, but it feels gr8 that u spot a monster in it....i think i shud make another one with more exageration in the clouds.....cheeers!!!!

Hey maria, its good to see you here!
You need to work on your color contrast to push and pull objects to be in focus. The landscape you are working on is coming out nice, Do lots of more of such sort. I like the defined edges. Do look at forms environmentoring classes in mentoring section. Very helpful info there.